Phosphorus 24 hour urine at MultiCare Covington Medical Center

17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$12.40

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$31.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$3.39 with Molina vs $26.82 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Apple Health $3.39 ↓ -73%
WellPoint Apple Health $3.39 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Apple Health $3.66 ↓ -70%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $3.66 ↓ -70%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3.66 ↓ -70%
SCAN MedAdvantage $5.66 ↓ -54%
Premera HMO $5.78 ↓ -53%
Premera Signature $5.78 ↓ -53%
Premera Prime $5.78 ↓ -53%
Regence MCC/AHN $5.82 ↓ -53%
Regence Blue High Performance $5.82 ↓ -53%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $5.82 ↓ -53%
Aetna MedAdvantage $5.83 ↓ -53%
Regence MedAdvantage $5.83 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $5.89 ↓ -53%
Molina MedAdvantage $5.95 ↓ -52%
WellCare MedAdvantage $5.95 ↓ -52%
Regence RealValue $5.98 ↓ -52%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $6.23 ↓ -50%
Kaiser PPO $6.36 ↓ -49%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $6.65 ↓ -46%
Regence Commercial $6.65 ↓ -46%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $6.94 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $6.94 ↓ -44%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $7.23 ↓ -42%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $8.13 ↓ -34%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $9.55 ↓ -23%
First Choice PPO $10.98 ↓ -11%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $11.33 ↓ -9%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $18.25 ↑ +47%
First Health All Commercial Plans $18.25 ↑ +47%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $26.82 ↑ +116%

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Phosphorus 24 hour urine at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $34.65 $5.78 – $6.36
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $162.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $24.96 $5.20 – $27.17
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $45.50 $5.78 – $20.81
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $24.96 $5.20 – $26.30
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $24.96 $5.20 – $27.17
Central Medical Center Seattle $25.60 $4.00 – $4.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $86.10 not published

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